World Rugby officials will meet 2019 World Cup organisers on Thursday in the hope of thrashing out a solution after hosts Japan decided to scrap plans for a new stadium that would have hosted the tournament's feature matches.

Tokyo 2020 Games chief Yoshiro Mori has formally apologised to the International Olympic Committee after plans for the city's new Olympic stadium were scrapped earlier this month over ballooning costs.

Former International Olympic Committee vice president Dick Pound is confident the IOC will drop regulations limiting the number of sports on the Games programme and says squash should be brought into the Olympic fold.

Moves to switch the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to January/Februrary have hit their first major hurdle after the International Olympic Committee warned FIFA against any impact on the winter Olympics in that year.